I live in Sudbury Canada in a 1959 bungalow and the basement is always humid and the dehumidifier runs constantly. It also costs a fortune to heat. I was advis...
...basements have read about three methods using EPS & batt with slightly different orders. Plan to insulate concrete walls with 2" of EPS, with 2x4 framing (fille...
...basements at home, I'm finding it a learning curve in building science!
The building is over 100 years old with a half below grade (fully cured!) concrete bas...
...basements.
Basements and basement walls work differently in summer and winter than walls exposed to air .
Basement walls are always cold but touching earth ...
...basements, and for a few more tips you could check out our page on How to Insulate Basements Properly . That's an excellent 'all one one' basement insulation sy...
I'm not concerned with the compression issue, but rather how the lateral (shear) loads get transferred from the concrete footing into the soil, via the insulat...
...basements , that’s one of our building guide pages that will help you pick a method. Read those over and get back to us, we can for sure set you up. Sound good?...
I plan on improving insulation to the point of needing an air exchanger. I thought it best to test for radon gas after I've tightened up the major air leakage ...
I’m planning to build a 20x24 workshop / garage, and I’m wondering the cheapest as well as best way to do it. Is there any reason not to build it on posts? It ...
...basements . You simply need to embed tubing directly in the concrete, no need for additional products. We have lots of pages on Radiant Floor Heating, have a lo...
We have a self-adhesive membrane on the outside wall of our foundation but the water enters through the joint between the walls and the floor. How can I waterp...
I live in climate zone 5 in USA and plan to frame basement walls roughly 3” away from concrete and then place mineral wool between the studs. I do not plan to ...
...Basements are built wrong all the time, and many contractors want to fix moldy basements by repeating the process that caused the problem in the first place. An...
...basements walls the same way they build above grade walls, without realizing that they can’t dry to the outside.
So putting organic materials like wood agains...
...Basements Moldy?
Preventing moisture when you insulate your basement
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We just had a rare flash flood which raised the water table and forced water into our basement between the floor and wall. It was a finished basement with carp...
...basements properly is more expensive than the way most basements are built (ie: doomed to fail) so the problem off the bat is that most basement advocates are b...
